Without a level playing field and accountability from high-emissions countries like China, the United States' efforts to reduce emissions will have little if any effect on the planet overall.

I would like to remind everybody that the intent of this bill is to measure performance.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate everyone who has spoken on behalf of this particular bill. It is a significant piece of legislation. As Mr. Schweikert said, hopefully, we will never have to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. I would like the Record to reflect that, although they are not noted as original cosponsors, Congressmen Amodei, Buck, and Tipton were, in fact, with us supporting this bill since the very beginning…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is a totally unique bill. What we have done is allowed the seven affected States to get together and work out a solution and bring it to us and then we, in Congress…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), a former member of our committee and one of the original cosponsors of this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to another gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), who is one of the great members of this committee and this House.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), another former member of our committee and a long-time worker on water issues in Congress.

We join so many other voices from Indian Country and around the United States to respectfully urge that Congress fulfill its trust responsibility.

We believe that the decision made by the Department of Interior severely affects the Mashpee Wampanoag's Tribal Sovereignty.

the quality of life for the Tribe and its citizens has been significantly affected.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 1735. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Wisconsin? There was no objection. ____________________

It is the fundamental responsibility of the federal government to protect our national security.

We have a unique responsibility to lead. And if we don't lead, then Vladimir Putin will, or President Xi will.

There is an economic imperative as well as a social imperative.

Absolutely. Any touch point you can have with the local communities, particularly the underrepresented ones, including at career recruiting services, or when they are in elementary school, giving them an inventor baseball card so that one…

Any touch point you can have with the local communities, particularly the underrepresented ones, including at career recruiting services, or when they are in elementary school, giving them an inventor baseball card so that one day, they…

I do think it is critically important that the data be gathered, because companies, even if they gather it, they sometimes don't publish it.